CREST Teacher Resources

 

• Ethnography
  • Handouts
  • Maine Links
  • Other

 

• GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
  • Handouts
  • Software Downloads
  • Getting Attribute Data
  • Getting Spacial Data
  • Map Galleries
  • Other

 

• Web
  • Handouts
  • Software Downloads
  • Other

 

• Other Resources
  • Connecting with other Teachers
  • Grant Opportunities

 

Ethnography

Handouts

Ethnography Handouts
(Including Project Steps, Interviewing Excercises, and Transcription Format)

Ethnography Forms & Templates
(Including Participant Consent Form, Tape Summary, and Interview Catalog)

Intro to iMovie & iDVD

Exporting your movie online or to CD

Video Tutorials

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Maine Links

Windows on Maine
A wide array of video, sound recordings, pictures, and text from several Maine Historical institutions.

Maine Memory Network
The Maine Memory Network, a project of the Maine Historical Society, provides access to thousands of historical items belonging to over 180 organizations from across Maine. Search for or browse these items, explore online exhibits, or create your own collection of images from the database.

The Martin & Caraher Sardine Factory Oral History
Example of a good fisheries-related oral history project on The Martin & Caraher Sardine Factory in Maine.

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Other Ethnography Resources

A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12 Classrooms
This guide provides information on many useful print and electronic publications for folklife educators, including contact and ordering information.

CARTS: Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
The Web site of the National Network for Folk Arts in Education provides national and regional resources, lessons, essays, virtual residencies, and the CARTS Catalog of ethnographic teaching resources.

Talking Gumbo: A Teacher's Guide for Using Oral History in the Classroom
Dean, Pamela Toby Despit and Petra Munro. Talking Gumbo: A Teacher's Guide for Using Oral History in the Classroom. Baton Rouge, LA: T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History, Louisiana State University, 1998. This oral history manual for secondary school teachers and their classes accompanies a 30-minute video "You've Got to Hear interviewers. This Story," on how to do oral history interviews. The video features students as Manual and video are available from the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History at Louisiana State University. Contact director Mary Hebert by e-mail or call (225) 578-6577.

American Folklife Center
Library of Congress, American Folklife Center. Folklife and Fieldwork, 2002. Contact AFC, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC, 20540. (202) 707-5510

Veterans History Project 2002
Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, Veterans History Project 2002. Through a youth partnership, middle school and high school students can participate in interviewing and recording war veterans. By following the project's guidelines, students and their teachers will learn oral history methods and systematic procedures. If they submit their fieldwork to the American Folklife Center or to another participating archive, their efforts will become part of a national endeavor to conserve important stories of a disappearing generation. All necessary information is available at this site.

History Matters
Center for History and New Media (George Mason University, Va. and American Social History Project Center for Media and Learning, City University of New York). The History Matters Web site: A gateway to web resources for American history teachers at the school and college levels. Filled with teaching tips, guides to analyzing primary source evidence, exercises for utilizing online collections from the Library of Congress and other public and private resources, discussions with major historians, syllabi, a reference desk for the use of electronic materials, and links to a variety of sites specializing in American history.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
This site has online guides, a link to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, and a very user-friendly online handbook for student fieldwork projects, "Discovering Our Delta."

FieldWorking: Reading and Writing Research

American Memory Learning
A “teacher’s eye view” of over 7 million historical documents, photographs, maps, films, and audio recording.  You will finds lessons, features, activities, and tips and tricks for using these collections in your classroom.

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GIS (Geograpic Information Systems)

Handouts

Downloading GPS Data

Creating and Editing Shapefiles

Creating a Shapefile from a Table

Downloading Data from ME GIS

Setting up a Geo-Treasure Hunt

Creating Hyperlinks in ArcMap

Video Tutorials

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Software Downloads

QGIS

ArcExplorer 

DNR Garmin Extension for ArcView

Web Tool for Downloading GPS Data to a Mac

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Getting Attribute Data

Maine State Planning Office

Maine Economics and Demographics Program
Offers a wide variety of data, including census, economics, health, and more.

Raymond H. Fogler Library
At the University of Maine, offers historic census data for the state.

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Getting Spacial Data

Maine Office of GIS

Maine GIS Data Catalog
Has lots of GIS data for Maine available for download. Also updates on trainings, news for GIS use in Maine.

Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Offers economic development and landuse planning data and assistance to Eastern Maine businesses and municipalities.

U.S. National Atlas
Downloadable map layers for the entire U.S. in these categories: Agriculture, Environment, People, Biology, Geology, Transportation, Boundaries, History, Water, Climate, Map Reference.

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Map Galleries

ESRI Map Book Gallery K-12"
A collection of maps from the ESRI Map Books created by those in primary and secondary education.

Directions Magazine Map Gallery
A collection of maps produced using many different software packages and data sets.

David Rumsey Historical Map CollectionOver 13,000 maps available for viewing online.

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Other GIS Resources

ESRI
ESRI is the leading GIS software manufacturer. Their website has user forums to answer technical questions, informational brochures about GIS, and information about grant programs to acquire software at reduced price.

Tech Teachers
This is a collection of lessons, activities, links and resources for educators interested in using GPS/GIS information in the classroom.

GIS.com
General information about GIS & spatial data. A good, basic introduction to the technology.

Color Brewer
Cynthia Brewer’s online tool to help you choose color schemes for your maps.

US Geological Survey
The U.S. Geological Survey provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life. Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and college inquiry and research.

University of Maine Base Station
For downloading basefiles for mapping grade GPS units.

Careers in GIS

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Web

Handouts

Basic HTML Coding

Advanced Web Curriculum CREST Summer Institutes 2007

Course Files

David Allen Workshops - CREST Summer Institutes 2008 (email to request file)

Getting your website online

Video Tutorials

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Software Downloads

MAMP
MAMP: One-click-solution for setting up your personal webserver for Mac's

WAMP
WAMP: Apache, PHP, MySQL on Windows - setting up your personal webserver

Notepad ++
Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL Licence.

Editra
Editra is a multi-platform (including Mac OS) text editor that supports over 60 programming languages. Editra is freely available under the terms of the wxWindows Licence.

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Other Web Resources

Maine School Library Network
Website Hosting information.

W3 Schools
At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP.

University of Texas at Austin: HTML

Investintech.com - Learning HTML

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Other Resources

Connecting with other Teachers

Ed Tech Talk
This website brings together teachers across grade levels and content areas who are interested in learning about practical applications of technology in the classroom. The site offers live webcasts each week.

Grant Opportunities

Technology Grants for Rural Schools
This program helps K-12 public schools in rural areas increase their use of technology by purchasing new equipment or adding new programs and curriculum. To qualify, schools must be located in the service area of an OPASTCO telephone company (Fairpoint is an OPASTCO company, so almost all of Maine qualifies). Apply by Sept 14th, 2009.

Toyota Tapestry Grants
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, INC and NSTA announce the 19th annual Toyota TAPESTRY grants. The program funds K-12 teachers projects in three categories: environmental science, integrating literacy and science, and physical science. This year, Toyota will award $550,000 in grants. This includes 50 large grants of up to $10,000 each and 20-30 mini grants of up to $2500 each. For more information and to apply online (deadline January 18, 2010).

Starbucks Environmental Literacy Grants
Starbucks Giving Voice Guildlines
Starbucks Foundation Grants of up to $20,000 are provided for place-based approaches to addressing environmental literacy and empowering youth to be educators, advocates, and stewards for a sustainable environment in their own communities. These grants are available to K-12 teachers. Programs are funded that –offer innovative, place-based approaches to addressing environmental literacy in communities – possess strong educational programming with follow-up opportunities for learning – create new ways of thinking or acting – empower youth to be “heroes” (educators, stewards, advocates) for a sustainable environment in their own communities – encourage partnerships among formal and informal education systems; and – embrace diversity and build bridges of understanding among youth of diverse ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program
Gives small monetary grants to schools, nature centers, or other nonprofit educational organizations for the purpose of establishing outdoor learning centers within the United States and Canada. The grant-recipient learning centers are those that most successfully reflect the Wild Ones mission to educate and share information about the benefits of using native plants in our landscape and to promote biodiversity and environmentally sound practices.

Environmental Education Link Grants Site
This site lists the best grants available for environmental stewardship projects of any kind. For example, they are now soliciting applications of short videos related to an environmental topic. Check out the site and search for the grants that might help your school!

Edutopia Corporate & Foundation Grants

Maine Community Heritage Project
The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP) is an innovative new program from Maine Historical Society and the Maine State Library that promotes collaboration between local schools, historical societies, and public libraries through the exploration and celebration of local history.

The Libra Foundation (Maine only)
During its 11 years of giving, Libra has ensured that all areas of society were awarded grants. Education and public/societal areas received over $2.7 million last year, while Arts and Culture, Environment, Health, Human Services, Justice and Religion received a total of over $3.6 million in grants. Applications may be submitted at any time, but must be received by February 15th, May 15th, August 15th and November 15th to be considered at the next regular meeting of the trustees.

The King & Jean Cummings Charitable Trust Fund
This fund seeks to support programs in the arts, education, economic development, the environment, and cultural preservation in geographic areas where King Cummings lived, worked and/or had an interest, including Franklin County, Somerset County, Piscataquis County, Washington County, Newport and Islesboro. Exceptions will be given to proposals for projects having statewide impact or impact on broader regions of the state.

John & Ellen Emery Science Grants
These grants encourage Union #98 teachers to promote the study of science in their classrooms. The grants should increase opportunities for students to understand science and its relevance to their daily lives and, perhaps, inspire some of them to pursue careers in science and related fields.

Build an Outdoor Classroom at Your School Grants                
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, International Paper, and National Geographic Explorer magazine’s outdoor classroom grant program helps schools improve their science curricula by engaging students in hands-on experiences outside of the traditional classroom. Grants up to $2,000 will be awarded to at least 100 schools and grants for up to $20,000 may be awarded to schools or school districts with major outdoor-classroom projects. Proposals are reviewed three times a year.

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